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Новости за 29.07.2024

Flipboard.com 

These homeowners are 'hacking' their pools and lawns to earn extra cash

CNN — The first time Alexis Hammond rented out her Baltimore home on Peerspace, a marketplace for renting homes and other spaces by the hour, a film crew and a celebrity arrived to shoot a Wawa commercial. “There was a Baltimore Ravens football player here, so that was very exciting,” Hammond …

Judicial Watch 

Judicial Watch: 113 Non-Citizens Voted in DC Presidential Primary

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received an Excel spreadsheet of names and other data from the District of Columbia Board of Elections revealing that 113 non-citizens voted in the June “2024 Presidential Primary.” The alien voter information was produced in response to a Judicial Watch July 3, 2024, D.C. Freedom of Information Act […]

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Nytimes.com 

Biden Calls for Major Changes to Supreme Court

The president has proposed overhauling a court that has become increasingly politicized. The effort requires congressional approval, which would be a long shot with a Republican-controlled House and a divided Senate.

Committee to Protect Journalists 

Two years behind bars: CPJ calls for José Rubén Zamora’s immediate release

São Paulo, July 29, 2024—Marking the second anniversary of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora’s detention, the Committee to Protect Journalists renews its calls for President Bernardo Arévalo’s administration to free Zamora without further delay. “For two years now, José Rubén Zamora has been behind bars in horrific conditions, despite a court order for a retrial,”...

Variety 

Venice Doc ‘Peaches Goes Bananas’ Lands at Sales Banner Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE)

Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever has boarded international sales for Marie Losier’s documentary feature “Peaches Goes Bananas” ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Days sidebar running alongside the film festival. For “Peaches Goes Bananas,” Losier followed Merrill Nisker — the trailblazing feminist queer icon, musician and producer known as Peaches — off and […]

Brazilian.Report 

Brazil “cautious” about Maduro election

Celso Amorim, the top advisor for international affairs in Brazil’s federal government, told a journalist on Monday that he is “cautiously” awaiting the results from individual ballot boxes used in yesterday’s presidential election in Venezuela. Multiple countries have contested the official results, which put President Nicolás Maduro ahead of the opposition. “[Venezuela] has given a […]

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The Punch 

UPDATED: NCC orders immediate reactivation of all blocked lines

The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed telecommunications operators to immediately restore all blocked phone lines due to non-linkage of National Identification Numbers to SIM cards. This directive was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Director of Media and Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka. The telecom industry regulator explained that this directive was in response

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